Awarded contract

Development & Alumni CRM System

Details

Supplier(s)
The Access Group
Value
£1,985,241
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
31 March 2025

Tender description

Procurement of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system for the University of Edinburgh Development & Alumni department. Lot 1: Procurement of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system for the University of Edinburgh, Development & Alumni department. The high-level requirements for the D&A CRM include: - Contact / education management - Fund management / Gift Aid management / Direct Debit management - Self-service updates for managing contact information/opt-outs/consents - Online public donation portal integration for processing single gifts and Direct Debits - Prospect / proposal management - Legacy management - Grant making management - Volunteer Management - Bulk mail and email communications management (e.g. Application Programming Interface (API) with DotDigital) - Community fundraising management (e.g. API with JustGiving platform) - Telephone calling campaign management - Campaign, project and appeal management - Event management - Donor relations management - Census / survey / questionnaire / feedback management - Reporting / segmenting / analytics / modelling - Data imports and exports / system to system APIs / process automation. The contract is procured via Desktop Evaluation Direct Award via the APUC Alumni CRM & Associated Services framework (ITS1054 AP) for an initial period of 5 years', with the option to extend by two periods of 24 months.. The contract include the option to extend by two periods of 24 months.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date24 March 2025
  2. Completed: Award published31 March 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Larger tenders are advertised on Public Contract Scotland, via the PCS-T e-tendering platform. Suppliers must register separately on both systems before bidding. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. The Strategic Procurement team leads regulated sourcing, while Operational Procurement manages day-to-day purchase orders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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